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Author: Leonard Bird
Publisher: University of Utah Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 0874808243
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA haunting memoir by Leonard Bird, a Marine who was exposed to high doses of radiation during the 1950's atmospheric detonations of nuclear weapons in the Nevada desert. He shares his journey to the International Park for World Peace in Hiroshima where he seeks to make peace with his past and with a future shadowed by nuclear proliferation.
Author: Eleanor Coerr
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1987-09-01
Total Pages: 81
ISBN-13: 0698118022
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHiroshima-born Sadako is lively and athletic--the star of her school's running team. And then the dizzy spells start. Soon gravely ill with leukemia, the "atom bomb disease," Sadako faces her future with spirit and bravery. Recalling a Japanese legend, Sadako sets to work folding paper cranes. For the legend holds that if a sick person folds one thousand cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again. Based on a true story, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes celebrates the extraordinary courage that made one young woman a heroine in Japan.
Author: Florence Temko
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
Published: 2011-08-16
Total Pages: 121
ISBN-13: 0893469998
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow to fold the famous Japanese Paper Crane and string 1,000 cranes, inspired by the story of Sadako and Hiroshima.
Author: Masahiro Sasaki
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 2020-04-07
Total Pages: 119
ISBN-13: 1462921698
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Author: Sue DiCicco
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 2017-11-20
Total Pages: 77
ISBN-13: 146291974X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK**Winner Creative Child Magazine 2018 Preferred Choice Award** Origami Peace Cranes is a multicultural children's book about the capacity for friendship in all of us, and the power of small, but meaningful actions. When Emma moves to a new town, she's afraid she'll never make friends. She tries her hardest to make a good impression on her new classmates. Through a paper crane origami project, her classmates show her that they really want to get to know her. Later, when a new family moves into her neighborhood, Emma has a great idea how to make them feel welcome! Filled with fun pictures and ideas, this story addresses the anxiety that comes with new beginnings and introduces kids to moving, making new friends, and starting at a new school. This book also includes: Step-by-step instructions for making a paper crane 12 sheets of printable origami paper, so that kids can make their own cranes to share! Proceeds support the Peace Crane Project--originally created for the United Nations International Day of Peace, it aims to expand students' understanding of and appreciation for other cultures, people and countries.
Author: Eleanor Coerr
Publisher:
Published: 2009-01-09
Total Pages: 61
ISBN-13: 9780137012688
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Takayuki Ishii
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Published: 2001-01-09
Total Pages: 111
ISBN-13: 0440228433
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe inspirational story of the Japanese national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue honoring Sadako and hundreds of other children who died as a result of the bombing of Hiroshima. Ten years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Sadako Sasaki died as a result of atomic bomb disease. Sadako's determination to fold one thousand paper cranes and her courageous struggle with her illness inspired her classmates. After her death, they started a national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue to remember Sadako and the many other children who were victims of the Hiroshima bombing. On top of the statue is a girl holding a large crane in her outstretched arms. Today in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, this statue of Sadako is beautifully decorated with thousands of paper cranes given by people throughout the world.
Author: Rosemary Wells
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Published: 2001-10-22
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780786826025
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfterSchool Kidzlit is a program of reading and connected activities for grades K to 8, with appealing books and easy-to-use leader's guides for: games; talk topics; role-play; cool words; art, music, and drama; hands-on projects; reading aloud, partner groups, and book clubs.
Author: Karen Elaine Thomas
Publisher: Potter Craft
Published: 2009-03-17
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 030740840X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the time it takes to pick out a card at the store, you can fold a beautiful, handmade card specifically designed for your special someone. With Origami Card Craft, you can impress your friends with origami-inspired cards, boxes, and envelopes that pop up, fan out, and even hold hidden messages. Wow your sweetie with the Fold-Out Heart card or give a thank you to be remembered with the Pinwheel card. Here you’ll also learn to make five different envelopes to store and protect your creations. With over 25 years of experience in origami and paper crafting, author Karen Elaine Thomas shows you how easy it is to create unique cards out of folded paper, and gives you the skills necessary to read any origami pattern, in any language. With a few basic techniques under your belt and the endless opportunities that paper offers, there’s no limit to the dazzling cards you can create simply and quickly.
Author: Naomi Hirahara
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Published: 2008-08-12
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 0375848819
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWHEN 12-YEAR-OLD ANGELA Kato arrives in L.A., the last thing she wants to do is spend the entire summer with her grandparents. But in the Kato family, one is never permitted to complain. Grandma Michi and Aunt Janet put Angela to work in their flower shop, folding origami and creating 1001 crane displays for newlyweds. At first, Angela learns the trade begrudgingly. But when her folding skills improve and her relationships with family and friends grow, Angela is able to cope with her troubles, especially her parents’ impending divorce.
